EFF Demands Answers About Secret Surveillance Law Memo
Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding the release of a secret legal memo used to justify FBI access to Americans' telephone records without any legal process or oversight.
A report released...
Join EFF in Supporting California Bill That Requires Police to Get a Warrant Before Searching Cell Phones
EFF is proud to support SB 914, a bill that requires the police to obtain a warrant before searching a recent arrestee’s cell phone.
SB 914 is a response to a January decision of the California Supreme Court in People v. Diaz. In that case, the court authorized...
How to Read Freedom House's Censorship Circumvention Report
Freedom House released Leaping Over the Firewall last month, a report covering two angles: details about Internet censorship in Azerbaijan, Burma, China, and Iran; and the use of circumvention software in those countries to bypass Internet censorship. As government censorship of the Internet spreads worldwide, research about the technology,...
CFP - Computers Freedom and Privacy 2011
Jillian York, EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, joins a Plenary Panel in the Hart Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon, June 15, speaking on "MENA Beyond Stereotypes: Technology of Good and Evil Before, During and After Revolutions."
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien will be a panelist discussing...
EFF Applauds New Electronic Privacy Bill That Tells the Government: Come Back With a Warrant!
Today, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced much-needed legislation to update the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986, a critically important but woefully outdated federal privacy law in desperate need of a 21st century upgrade. This ECPA Amendments Act of 2011 (S. 1011) would implement several of the reform principles advocated by...
Geek Gathering: Social Media and the Tunisian Revolution on 5/20
Join EFF on Friday to learn the inside story on social media and the Arab Spring!
How important are social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook for international activists fighting for their liberty? Are these networks forging a new international power structure? Tunisian activist Sami Ben Gharbia will...
This Week in Internet Censorship
A Wave of Anti-Censorship Protests in Turkey
In towns across Turkey this Sunday, thousands of citizens took to the streets to protest proposed new Internet filters. Beginning in August, Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority, or BTK, has proposed a selection of opt-in filters that Internet subscribers could...
Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee Convention
EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York is speaking on the Arab Spring, with particular focus on free expression at this year's ADC National Convention in Washington, D.C.
Information on registration and fees:
http://www.adc.org/convention/register.html
Where: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road,...
Personal Democracy Forum
Jillian York, EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, will speak on the intersection of access and free expression. Jillian first joins several other speakers all giving short talks in the Skirball Theater on June 6 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. You'll have another opportunity to hear Jillian at...
mesh conference 2011
EFF's new Director of International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York, participates on the Society panel at this year's mesh conference in Toronto. She will join a panel discussing digital activism and it's particular use in the Middle East and Africa as a tool against tyranny. Jillian's panel is May 25...
